Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Community prayer breakfast to kick off Martin Luther King Jr.
Day; reservations due Jan. 6

GOSHEN, Ind. — The 2011 Goshen College Martin Luther King
Jr. Study Day on Jan. 17 will begin with prayer and remembrance at
the 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Prayer
Breakfast, beginning at 7 a.m. in the Church-Chapel Fellowship
Hall. The breakfast is open to the public and reservations are due
by Thursday, Jan. 6.

The breakfast will feature a presentation by Dr. Quinton Dixie,
assistant professor of philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne. Dixie's areas of interest include
African-American religious history, religion and labor, hip-hop and
spirituality and the civil rights movement. Dixie collaborated with
award-winning author Cornell West on a collection of essays, The
Courage of Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption. He
also partnered with journalist Juan Williams on the 2003 PBS
documentary, "This Far by Faith," and the companion
volume: This Far by Faith: Stories from the African American
Religious Experience.

Goshen College's Voices-n-Harmony Gospel Choir will offer
musical selections during the worship program and local pastors
will offer prayers.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the program begins at 7:15
a.m. Advance registration is required; tickets for the breakfast
are $18 per person or $144 for a table of eight and must be
reserved by Jan. 6. For more information about the prayer
breakfast, or to reserve a seat or table, call (574) 535-7565.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an
interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau
Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and
servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the
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